The sun., 1887-03-27
YEARLY rwo REGIMENTS An HOUR.
TIE Lively Hanaiins or AGsltitsAes Daily On
he RaiiresA On the Hrsase.

TIE Lively Haualing sf nGultitaAes Daily On
The Railroad On the Brsdse.
II New Yorker endeayprs to walk up
town from The Sun office at about 6 o'clock in
the evening Of any week day he finds himself
AZ great discount No matter how vain he
may be, he becomes impressed with the fact
that he can easily be spared, from that locality
at least. The sidewalk Is then far too narrow
for the people, and many Of them arc seen to
have takcn to the cobblestones in preference II
not by necessity. The multitude squeezes
shoulder to shoulder and so nearly compactly
in tho other direction that II all the legs that
propel the crowd did not move at once they
could not move at all. No matter how i'm
patient or behind time member Of this slow
moving mass may be, he must mark time to
the whim OF the rest. moving step now, then
standing still. and next time taking two or
three steps, perhaps.
Tho black, gaping mouth Of the Brooklyn
Bridge swallows all these bits OF humanity.
and with what is the most remarkable speed
known to man, In spite OF the leisurcly appear
anco the process puts on. Most Of the supply
that thus comes to this great pair OF the citys
jaws is drawn inward by tho little cable rail-
road: In the winter tho penny pedestrians are
ST and ts far csSs hs
worthy of record on thu, scrolls Of contemporn-
neous human history. No other railroad EQUALS
cross-country steam railroad, like the Erie or
Central running an eight-car train once every
ever was heard Of doingl. could not get away
with this SUN sidewalk mnltitnde In three
hours 2f persistent p; effort This little q bridge
ing no one waiting more than ninety. seconds,
and sustaining rs work as long AZ. the crowd
Keeps coming, which Is between haif past and
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warning to got to BROOKLYN which constitutes.
this crush In those sixty minutes the railroad
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public DO entertaincd by the description. Tho
ears differ, from all others in being wider. and
runs at the rate Of ten miles An hour, and,
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end OF its unloading another train Is rushing
down toward 1t at distance 2f GOO feet. II 1t
| was not done every day and all concerned were
not used to 1t. It would put every ones heart In
his or her mouth to look on as tho last passen-
gers are steppipg Of the hast train in and the
oft. The secret OF the safety OF this arrange
whose % e; hiS by time.
the same time being coupled TO n drill engine,
several train lengths distance from the
stationary train. and is at once slowed by the
men at the brakes.
It is estimated that it takes from SO to As Sec
boxes. the, doors being, fune ap5t with q
crash and everybody being urged to ....be
lively" as IT, life depended on It. The loading
by few seconds. never-onding charm Is
| connectsd with the taking on Of each train
| load. The passengers know that there arc
nine openings to the train. and as they are
they try to place themselves so that when the
train halts they; will be found In front Of door
certain Of seat; but II door is one foot on
either. side Of them when tho train stops, they
must battle TO get even standing room.
This busiest Of all railroads has never killed
human being.